Senate Bill 75 Summary

• Allows applicants for official state personal identification cards to indicate on the application whether they are U.S. citizens and to decline using the application as voter registration, effective 180 days after enactment.

• Establishes a "communication impediment designation" beginning July 1, 2021, that individuals with health conditions impeding police communication (such as deafness or autism spectrum disorder) can elect; designation is maintained in a system accessible only to law enforcement and does not appear on the physical card.

• Requires the secretary of state to issue corrected identification cards displaying a designated address instead of residence address for individuals certified as program participants in the address confidentiality program, beginning 180 days after enactment.

• Adds provisions allowing individuals to obtain duplicate identification cards for lost, destroyed, or mutilated cards beginning July 1, 2021, and extends the period for which cards can be renewed by mail to up to two additional 4-year periods instead of one.

• Establishes procedures for canceling or revoking communication impediment designations if fraudulently elected or abused during traffic stops, with notice and hearing requirements.